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Cunners. Called bergalls in NY/NJ and choggies in eastern New England.
They're from the wrasse family and a cousin to tautog. Pretty good eating if you can catch one big enough to fillet. Back when I was a kid, the old Portuguese guys would catch them by the bucket, and their wives would make some sort of fish soup from them.
The cormorants in the Canal have put a real hurting on their numbers.
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